Journal
TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 36-41Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.11.001
Keywords
aquatic environments; bacteria; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic resistance genes; mobile genetic elements; bacteriophages
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- Fundacion Eugenio Rodriguez Pascual, Spain
- Leonardo da Vinci fellowship from the European Union [2012-1-GR1 LE002-09765]
- Ramon y Cajal research fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [RYC-2011-08154]
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Although antibiotic resistance has become a major threat to human health worldwide, this phenomenon has been largely overlooked in studies in environmental settings. Aquatic environments may provide an ideal setting for the acquisition and dissemination of antibiotic resistance, because they are frequently impacted by anthropogenic activities. This review focuses primarily on the emergence and dissemination of antibiotic resistance in the aquatic environment, with a special emphasis' on the role of antibiotic resistance genes.
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